Introduction
Introducing Matriarch Kikyo (??). Kikyo is a late priestess of 17 years of age. Due to various circumstances (which I won't reveal), she lives on, so to speak, as a spirit. Among shrine maidens, she is [almost] unique, capable of firing enchanted arrows from her bow.

I always wanted to make a Mageazon, but the mana issues were a huge turnoff. Remedying this problem and staying true to the theme (not to mention putting more Mage into Mageazon) could not have been easier.

Ramblings
1) With all that extra mana, this thing BREEZED through the earlier parts of the game. Spamming was never so easy.

2) With the IMBA Freezing Arrow, this thing also breezed through the majority of the later parts of the game. =).

3) Pierce owns. It's a shame that you can't equip both Razortail and M'avina's at the same time. Packs that weren't Cold Immune went down in a matter of seconds. To make things even better, they couldn't do a single thing about it. Immolation Arrows pierce as well, but the effect was much nicer with Freezing Arrow's lack of a timer.

4) Hell Ancients were a pain. That Leap Attack guy would NOT give me a break. He was completely oblivious to the Decoy, Valkyrie, and merc. COMPLETELY. Did I mention he was capable of 1 hit kills? =X. EVIL.

Congrats, This one slipped by. NagisaFurukawa I think this build deserves a guide just to write , "str no pts in this, dex nothing, vit - bahh, energy, now that where the money is everything last pt you can".

BTW, that leap attacker own my Mageazon as well with the 1 arrow per second IA attack even with 700hps. I ended up resorting to riphook, cleglaw's pincers cheese as dying for 3 hours wasn't fun.

@lhtb: If you can pack some attack speed from elsewhere, the synergized 09 Raven Claw would definitely be viable. In fact, it'd make for a very powerful variant, since it frees up so many skill points.

@maxgerin: It depends on your gear. You need a reasonable mana pool to have 'Insight' make a significant impact (though I'm sure you already knew that). With a couple of mana charms, an SoJ, and a CTA... you'd probably have enough. =).

@maxicek: You've made some crazy characters yourself. . Fun stuff.

@TeeDeeBoy: lol. I'd get shot for making a guide like that. >_>. Good ol' Cleglaw's. Awesome gloves, budget or otherwise.

@maxgerin: It depends on your gear. You need a reasonable mana pool to have 'Insight' make a significant impact (though I'm sure you already knew that). With a couple of mana charms, an SoJ, and a CTA... you'd probably have enough. =).

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The constant need to drink mana potions was one of the main reasons why I left mine for a long time, but since I have to complete my Set Sept I have to deal with it sooner or later.

While your set-up assures constant supply of mana, I think it is less than optimal, imo.
At least I don't think I'll enjoy the lack of killing punch, knowing I can make it hit harder.
Not that you were striving for something optimal, I'm sure.
This was one of your many crazy ideas, I think.
Or that your actually a bit ( ) insane to do this to a cookie-cutter build. :grin:

Anyway, I plan to use the set (which is a given), Raven Frost, Mana Leech Ring (probably with some resist), Crescent Moon, Cow Boots/Nat's Boots/Waterwalk.
For the Merc, our trusted Holy Freeze A2; or if it's called for, the Blessed Aim variety.
Will be equipped with Tal's Helm/Andy's Helm, Fort Armor, and Infinity stick.
I like the Infinity because it solves almost all AR/hitting problems, and not to mention it boosts cold damage as well.

So, what do you think?
Any suggestion on gear arrangement? :smiley:
Thanks!